Jack from Ohio

Your salesperson either did NOT listen, did NOT understand, or a combination of both. Trust me, there will be no Demo of 2013 for at least a couple of weeks.

There are no demos of ATX 2013. Trust me on that. You can take that statement to the bank. The sales department at CCH/ATX has always been one of their weakest points of Customer Service. It is also the largest proof of how poorly CCH communicates information between departments.

We should find out her address and bomb her with letters. Millions of them.

I will wait till the first or second week of December. Let all the eager beavers do the beta testing for the site.

I have contemplated a career as a comedian. Any thoughts?

For Halloween..... There was this haunted house on the outskirts of the town which was avoided by all the townfolk - the ghost which `lived' there was feared by all. However, an enterprising journalist decided to get the scoop of the day by photographing the fearsome phantom. When he entered the house, armed with only his camera, the gh...ost descended upon him, clanking chains et al. He told the ghost "I mean no harm - I just want your photograph". The ghost was quite happy at this chance to make the headlines - he posed for a number of ghostly shots. The happy journalist rushed back to his dark room, and began developing the photos. Unfortunately, they turned out to be black and underexposed. So what's the moral of the story? Wait for it.... Wait for it.... Wait for it... . . . The spirit was willing but the flash was weak.

It was Google inspired!!

This guy goes into his dentist's office, because of pain in his mouth. After a brief examination, the dentist exclaims, "Holy Smoke! That plate I installed in your mouth about six months ago has nearly completely corroded! What on earth have you been eating?" "Well... the only thing I can think of is this... my wife made me some asparagus about four months ago with this stuff on it... Hollandaise sauce she called it... and doctor, I'm talking' DELICIOUS! I've never tasted anything like it, and ever since then I've been putting it on everything...meat, fish, toast, vegetables... you name it!" "That's probably it," replied the dentist. "Hollandaise sauce is made with lemon juice, which is acidic and highly corrosive. It seems as though I'll have to install a new plate, but made out of chrome this time." "Why chrome?" the man asked. "Well, everyone knows that there's no plate like chrome for the Hollandaise!"

PATIENCE!!!!!

Between 2-3 years at current assisted facility prices. $70K-$100K per year. I have clients paying, so this is NOT conjecture.

Assisted living has several possible caveats. In Ohio, once the resident had depleted assets and wants Medicaid to take care of her, there is a 5 year lookback. Be careful of the term "no lookback" because I find that phrase hard to believe. I totally agree with JohnH about this: "<<<Sounds like they may want to drag you into the conversation so if anything goes wrong they can try and blame you. When I get these type of inquiries, I tell them about the gift tax implications and I tell them if they have ANY OTHER QUESTIONS they need to pay an attorney specializing in Elder Care to advise them. I usually try to put that in an email so I've documented the advice.>>>" That is a lot of assets to be tossing around without being TOTALLY certain!!!

Two bored casino dealers are waiting at the crap table. A very attractive blonde woman arrived and bet twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) on a single roll of the dice. She said, "I hope you don't mind, but I feel much luckier when I'm completely nude." With that, she stripped from the neck down, rolled the dice and yelled, "Come on, baby, Mama needs new clothes!" As the dice came to a stop she jumped up and down and squealed... "YES! YES! I WON, I WON!" She hugged each of the dealers and then picked up her winnings and her clothes and quickly departed... The dealers stared at each other dumbfounded. Finally, one of them asked, "What did she roll?" The other answered, "I don't know - I thought you were watching."

So much conjecture and speculating!!!

Speak for yourself!!!

I have not seen the report yet.

Unicorn Stew! 1. Trap, disembowel and flay one unicorn. 2. Chop into bite size pieces with field axe. 3. Catch and preserve tears, useful in treating blisters, vapors and melancholy.... 4. Add onion and garlic to taste, and one field hare or two bunnies. Be tidy, though, as many people don't like hare in their stew. BWAAAAAHAHHHAHHAHA! You saw that coming, didn't you?

Two nuns, Sister Mary Agnes and Sister Mary Vincent, are traveling through Europe in their car, sightseeing in Transylvania. As they are stopped at a traffic light, out of nowhere, a small vampire jumps onto the hood of the car and hisses at them through the windshield. Quick, quick! shouts Sister Mary Agnes, What should we do? Turn the windshield wipers on. That will get rid of the abomination, says Sister Mary Vincent. Sister Mary Agnes switches on the wipers, which knock the mini-Dracula around. But, he hangs on and continues hissing at the nuns. What shall I do now? she shouts. Try the windshield washer. I filled it with holy water before we left the Vatican, replies Sister Mary Vincent. Sister Mary Agnes turns on the windshield washer. The vampire screams as the water burns his skin, but he hangs on and continues hissing at the nuns. Now what? shouts Sister Mary Agnes. Show him your cross, says Sister Mary Vincent. Now you're talking, says Sister Mary Agnes. She opens the window and shouts, Get off our car, ya little bastard!

All ATX users should have received the email.

Usually, the 4868 is not available in the software or to be e-filed for a few weeks after start of e-file season.

My program update earlier today. There was a program update. Now my program shows version 12.19. I have no information about what was changed, but even if it corrected some of the major remaining bugs from 12.18, it is laughably late!!! I have no more returns to do for 2012, so doing any kind of functional test will not happen till something requires me to do another 2012. More info as I find out what was in the update.

The PTIN registration and taxation program never had any intention of policing fraudulent activity, or the 20,000+ that did not register their PTINs would not have been allowed to file returns in 2012. It is strictly a revenue grab from us honest preparers.

More proof of the total idiocy of the PTIN registration and taxation program.

Did you go to MYATX and see if there is an ack from MA? On the same screen, you can "rehang" it so your software can pick it up.